Total Quality Implementation on Marine Transportation Association Under Natural Disruption of COVID-19 Pandemic by ASAD, NUHA JAMAL

“…Social distancing, i.e., decreasing collaborations between people to dial back the spread of the infection, has turned into the new standard. …”
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Global, regional, and national stillbirths at 20 weeks' gestation or longer in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2021: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 by Comfort, Haley

“…The estimated number of stillbirths occurring at 20 weeks' gestation or longer decreased from 5·08 million (95% UI 4·07–6·35) in 1990 to 3·04 million (2·61–3·62) in 2021, corresponding to a 39·8% (31·8–48·0) reduction, which lagged behind a global improvement in neonatal deaths of 45·6% (36·3–53·1) for the same period (down from 4·03 million [3·86–4·22] neonatal deaths in 1990). …”
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Quantile dependencies and connectedness between the gold and cryptocurrency markets: effects of the COVID-19 crisis by Mensi, Walid

“…In contrast, the degree of dependence decreases at the intermediate- and long-terms during COVID-19 period than before. …”
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Optical coherence tomography findings in autoimmune retinopathy by Abazzari, Azin

“…Macular OCT showed reduced central macular and foveal thicknesses in 6 patients (mean thickness 143 ± 30 μm and 131 ± 29 μm respectively). …”
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Reducing terrorism with development ; the United Nations' new path. (c2009) by Kassis, Maria-Rita

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Hemodynamic effect of Neuroform stent on intimal hyperplasia and thrombus formation in a carotid aneurysm by Jou, Liang-Der

“…A stent reconstructs the parent artery, assists coil embolization, and decreases flow activity within an aneurysm. However, an in-stent stenosis often occurs within the stented artery and compromises the circulation at the parent artery. …”
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Effects of financial turmoil on financial integration and risk premia in emerging markets by Boubakri, Salem

“…Our sample consists of monthly data for 12 emerging stock markets over the period 1988M3-2015M3. We find that while the financial integration of emerging stock markets has registered short-term reversals episodes in countries that have been exposed to national or/and regional financial crises, it has decreased in most of the emerging countries of our sample since the global crisis. …”
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The impact of bank liquidity on the Lebanese banks’ risk taking behavior by El Khoury, Rim

“…This paper investigates the impact of bank liquidity on the risk-taking behavior using a panel data of audited financial statement of 21 Lebanese commercial banks for the period from 2008 to 2015. Bank risk was measured as risk weighted asset ratio, loan loss provision divided by total assets, and net interest income ratio, while liquidity was measured as liquid asset divided by total assets. …”
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DNA methylation signature in peripheral blood reveals distinct characteristics of human X chromosome numerical aberrations by El Maarri, Osman

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Evaluation of Lycopus uniflorus water extract for anti-inflammatory, anti-ulcerogenic and antioxidant activities by Saade, S.

“…The estimated total phenolic content was 228.5 GAE per gram. The results show that Lycopus uniflorus possesses a potential anti-inflammatory, anti-ulcerogenic and antioxidant activities.…”
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Self-Reported Sleep and Exercise Patterns in Patients with Schizophrenia: a Cross-Sectional Comparative Study by Nancy Kiwan (12451992)

“…</p><h3>Results</h3><p dir="ltr">The majority of patients with schizophrenia slept more than 8 h per day and exercised less when compared with controls. …”

Shear performance of FRP Reinforced Deep Beams Made of Ultra High Performance Concrete (UHPC) by Salman, Omar

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Fluid-Structure-Acoustic coupling analysis for external laminar and turbulent fluid flows by Tohid, Adibi

“…The results indicate that the transmission loss is 27% more at the elastic plate’s highest position. By decreasing the length of the elastic plate by 50%, the mean transmission loss is reduced by 9%. …”
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Indwelling pleural catheters in hepatic hydrothorax by Diab, Khalil

“…Methods This study was a retrospective review of patients who had undergone IPC placement for HH over a 10-year period at a large liver transplant referral center. …”
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Carotid artery revascularization through a radiated field by Lesèche, Guy

“…All patients had received previous radiation therapy within a mean interval of 10 years (range, 1-26 years), with average radiation dose of 62 Gy (range, 50-70 Gy). …”
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Quantitative Compressibility Effects in Thermal Elastohydrodynamic Circular Contacts by Habchi, W.

“…The results reconfirm the well-known observations that minimum film thickness is very little affected by lubricant compressibility while central film thickness decreases linearly with the increase in volume compression of the lubricant. …”
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Fluid-Structure-Acoustic coupling analysis for external laminar and turbulent fluid flows by Tohid Adibi (17871551)

“…The results indicate that the transmission loss is 27% more at the elastic plate’s highest position. By decreasing the length of the elastic plate by 50%, the mean transmission loss is reduced by 9%. …”

Assessment of aged biodegradable polymer-coated nano-zero-valent iron for degradation of hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine (RDX) by Wazne, Mahmoud

“…CMC, AA, and guar gum coating improved nZVI rates of degradation of RDX but these rates decreased upon aging. The best suspension stability upon aging was achieved by CMC and AA. …”
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Cost-benefit analysis for the installation of cogeneration CSP technology in Cyprus by Poullikkas, Andreas

“…For all above cases the electricity unit cost or benefit before tax, as well as internal rate of return (IRR) and payback period (PBP) are calculated. The results indicate that the electricity unit cost or benefit for both cases of electricity purchasing tariff are decreased or increased with the increase of the capacity factor and the capacity size of the plant. …”
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Do Older Adults with Multimorbidity Meet the Recommended Levels of Physical Activity? An Analysis of Scottish Health Survey by Ahmad Salman (3173418)

“…Also, meeting recommended PA decreased with age [OR 0.92 (95% CI 0.90–0.94)] and body mass index [OR 0.93 (95% CI 0.91–0.95]; but increased per additional portion of fruit and vegetables taken [OR 1.19 (95% CI 1.12–1.25)] and with increase in well-being scale score [OR 1.05 (95% CI 1.03 to 1.06)]. …”